I. Paragraph 1:
Shaoxing's light scenery is praised by the sea for no other reason. The main reasons are the low prices of bamboo, lanterns and red candles. Low price. Therefore, every household can afford it. Because of the low price, every household is ashamed of not turning on the light. Therefore, from the roads extending in all directions to the winding alleys of the poor, there are no families who don't play lanterns and no families who don't set up light sheds.
The light shed is built on the bridge with two bamboo poles, and a bamboo pole in the middle is hung with a snow lamp and six light balls. There are hundreds of lamp sheds and dozens of alleys on the street. Looking back from the alley, all kinds of lanterns overlap and pile up, colorful and fluttering, which is enough to impress people.
Second, the second paragraph:
In the wooden shed built on Cross Street, there is a headlight, commonly known as "dull lamp", which is painted with stories from four books and poems of thousands of families, and some of them also write riddles. Everyone guesses these riddles around lanterns. Antang, temples and Taoist temples all use this frame to make column lights and doorposts. It says "Celebrate the Lantern Festival" and "Enjoy with the people". In front of the Buddha statue, there are nearly 100 red paper lotus colored glass lamps, which are inserted alternately with the Buddha lamp strips, and the lights are strong and bright. On the high platform in front of the temple, gongs and drums roared and sang until the fifth watch.
In urban commerce, such as Xuanting in Hengjie, Xiqiao in Huiji County and Neighborhood Club, the lantern market there is particularly prosperous. There are jugglers who perform lion dances in that place, such as advocating playing and singing performances and fireworks shows, and they are crowded together. As soon as there is a clearing in the winding alley of the side street, big-head monk dance dance is performed, and the sound of gongs and drums is staggered, and crowds of people are watching everywhere.
Most women in the city go with each other and go to the most lively places to see the lights. Otherwise, everyone will sit in front of their house and eat melon seeds and candied beans. The men and women who came to see the lights did not disperse until midnight. Most rural couples go to the city during the day and run around after dressing up, which is called "drilling lamp shed" or "walking lamp bridge". No day is sunny.
Third, the third paragraph:
During the Wanli period, my father and uncles set off lights in Longshan, which is a great beauty. They also imitated the people who set off lights in Longshan over the years. The next year, Zhu's family put the lamp on Tashan. In the third year, I went to Mount Ji to set off lights. Small families follow the example of putting lights on mountains, using bamboo sheds, and most of them hang some paper Kuixing lanterns. A frivolous man made a slogan to mock it, saying, "The light scene on Jishan Mountain is really impressive, and there is a hag hanging from the head of the gourd." If you ask what a lottery ticket is, put a towel and a robe on your feet. "I think it's not bad to think of this poem from the current light scene in Shaoxing.
Keyword notes:
(1) Zhuang Kui: A road extending in all directions.
(2) Four books: The Analects of Confucius, University, The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. Thousands of poems: the title of a collection of poems. In the past, this was an enlightening book for children.
(3) Market: the place where shops are concentrated.
(4) Jojo painting: here refers to dressing up.
(5) Wanli: Ming Shenzong year number, 1573— 1620.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaoxing Lantern Scene.